Gower
Gower is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales, known since November 2023 as a National Landscape. No hill from our dataset has its summit inside the boundary — see the note below.
- Nation
- Wales
- Designation
- National Landscape
- Area
- 187 km²
- Designated
- 1956
- Listed hills
- 0
Access here
National Landscape status exists to conserve the landscape. It creates no right to walk, roam or camp: what you may do on the ground is set by the ordinary access law of Wales, plus any local byelaws and restrictions. Full detail:access rights in Wales · check a specific grid reference.
The short version for Wales — right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land. Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere. This is general information, not legal advice.
No listed summits inside the boundary
Our hill list is drawn from the established British and Irish hill lists — Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, Wainwrights, Hewitts, Nuttalls and county tops — and no summit inside the Gower boundary appears in it. That is a statement about our dataset, not about the walking: many designated landscapes are valued for coast, downland or moor rather than for summits those lists recognise.
For hills grouped by survey area, browse regions, or see every peak we track.
Boundary from DataMapWales (Open Government Licence) — contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and database right, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right; hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0).
Plan a walk here
- Walking-time calculator — Naismith with terrain and fitness corrections.
- Daylight safety planner — set your turnaround against sunset.
- Access checker — what a specific grid reference allows.
- Safety notes — conditions change fast; build in margin.